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A long queue of people outside an Axis Bank branch in Salt Lake, Kolkata, waiting to deposit and exchange old ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes.

Demonetisation 10 years on, explained: cash is back and fake ₹500 notes are rising

Explained8 Nov3 min read4 sources

A white egret standing on a fallen branch beside a pond at Vellode Bird Sanctuary, with another waterbird resting nearby.

No crackers: TN villages celebrate Diwali quietly for Vellode’s birds

8 Nov2 min read3 sources

Cricketers in white play on the green field at Wellington’s Basin Reserve, with hillside houses and a white band rotunda beyond the boundary.

India vs New Zealand 2nd ODI: Gurnoor Brar’s 4-30 seals four-run win

8 Nov2 min read4 sources

East Bengal Women in red and Hwacheon KSPO in white play at Kishore Bharati Krirangan under floodlights during an AFC Women’s Champions League match.

East Bengal become first Indian club to reach Women’s ACL knockouts

8 Nov2 min read3 sources

A pale building and cars almost disappear into thick grey smog on a New Delhi street, with tree branches hanging in the foreground.

Delhi AQI hits 483 on Diwali after worst festival-eve air in 10 years

8 Nov2 min read4 sources

Yash, Sai Pallavi and Ranbir Kapoor standing together outdoors with the London skyline behind them.

Ramayana Day 3: Rs 62 crore India net, Rs 174 crore in three days

7 Nov2 min read4 sources

AI-generated illustration of a dim empty indoor parking garage with concrete pillars and parked cars; not a photograph of the Faridabad crime scene.

Ex-Tech Mahindra head shot dead in Faridabad parking dispute

7 Nov2 min read5 sources

An Indian Air Force IL-76MD transport aircraft parked on a tarmac with crew in flight suits nearby.

IAF IL-76 makes world-record landing at 13,629-ft Nyoma

7 Nov2 min read4 sources

Doorway of the Radhavallabh temple in Vrindavan framed by a painted red arch under a yellow Hindi signboard.

‘Some comments made me feel molested’: Gen Z Baba on his looks

7 Nov2 min read5 sources

Yash, Sai Pallavi and Ranbir Kapoor posing together at a Ramayana promotional event in London.

Ramayana Day 2: Rs 112.90 crore India net in two days

7 Nov2 min read5 sources

Asian elephants standing in a hay-covered enclosure at Kodanad in Kerala.

Explained: Osteopenia, the bone disorder behind Maya’s scare

Explained7 Nov2 min read7 sources

Mohammed Shami in India Test whites holding a red ball while bowling at Edgbaston.

Mohammed Shami retires from Test cricket after 229 wickets

7 Nov2 min read4 sources